Improvement in egg-carriers



A. J. MILLARD. .Egg-Carrier;

No. 222,595. Patented Dec. 16,1879.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGEo ANDREW J. MILLARD, OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN EGG-CARRIERS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,595 dated December16, 1879; application tiled September 26, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW J. MILLARD, of Sioux City. in the county ot'Woodbury and State of Iowa, have invented a new and valuable Improvementin Egg-Carriers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure l ofthe drawings is a representation of a perspective view of atray constructed according to my invention 5 Figs. 2 and 3, detail viewsof the strips from which the tray is composed; Fig. 4, a detail view,showing the manner of locking together the strips forming the outsidewalls of the tray.

This invention has relation to tha-t class of egg-carriers in which theside walls of the pockets for the reception ot the eggs are formed byintersecting strips of pasteboard or similar material. m

y rlhe invention therefore consists in the particular manner of formingthe different strips of pasteboard, and slitting them, whereby they aresecurely fastened together to form the pockets of the trays.

In the accompanying drawings, A represen ts the strips, of straw-boardor other suitable material, which form the ends and sides of thetray-or, in other words, the outside walls thereof; and B, the innerstrips, which, when properly connected together, form the desired numberof pockets for the reception of the eggs. These strips may be of anydesirable length and width, in accordance with the depth and size ot'tray required, and are of uniform size.

The outside strips, A, of the tray, at their corners and diagonallyopposite each other, have tongues b e, formed by right-angle slits d,and on the opposite edge ot' the strip are slits e, on the same linewith the vertical portion ofthe right-angle slits d. The strip A` isprovided with interlacing slits j g, respectively, extending alternatelyfrom the upper and lower edges of the strip inward, as illustrated inFig.2, the slits g being somewhat shorter than the slits f, but directlyopposite thereto. The lslits e g are dispensed with on the strips B, asthey are not required.

The adjoining strip, A, which forms one of the outside walls of thetra-y, is connected in the following manner, viz: They are rst laid Hatupon each other, with the tongue of the upper strip in the slit eof theunder strip, and the tongue ot' the under strip in the slit e ot' theupper strip, as illustrated in Fig. 4, and afterward the strips B aresecured together and to the four sides or strips A.

The strips B have tongues t' 7c, right-angle slits t, and slits m, theybeing arranged diagonally opposite each other, similar to the tongues bc, right-angle slits d, and slits f of the strips A.

The strips A B, by the peculiar manner oi' slitting them, when together,are securely locked, and all liability of the tray coming apart whenlifted from the packing-box is e11- tirely avoided, as it is impossibleto pull the strips apart with ordinary usage.

After. the strips are connected together, a strip of metal or cloth issecured around the outer edge of the tongues b and a portion ot' theedge of the strip, thereby forming a binding-clip,l1., which preventsthe tongue from breaking off. Y

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

An egg-carrier tray consisting of the strips A, having tongues b c andright-angle slits d,

arranged or disposed diagonally opposite each p other, and the slits fge, similarly disposed with relation to each other, in combination ANDREWJ. MILLARD.

Witnesses:

S. T. DAVIS, J. I?. BLOOD.

